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Word: Cherry
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old Northern French cherise, from medieval Latin ceresia, based on Greek kerasos ‘cherry tree, cherry’. The final -s was lost because cherise was interpreted as plural (compare with caper and pea)
ˈtʃɛri
a small, soft round stone fruit that is typically bright or dark red
Short Definition:small red fruit
Examples:- a bowl of cherries
- cherry pie
the tree that bears the cherry.
Short Definition:tree bearing cherry
a bright deep red colour
Short Definition:red colour
Examples:- her mouth was a bright cherry red
- she pulled up the collar of her cherry wool coat
one's virginity
Short Definition:virginity
Examples:- only 3 per cent of the students lost their cherry at college
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